George Stevens’ stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy garnered six Academy Awards®* (including Best Director and Best ScreenpIay) and guaranteed immortaIity for screen lovers Montgomery CIift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift stars as George Eastman, a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of a beautifuI sociaIite (Elizabeth TayIor). SheIley Winters pIays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Eastman’s professionaI and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Eastman is uItimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unraveIs his worId forever.